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TypeScript types can run DOOM [video]

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Re: TypeScript types can run DOOM [video]

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Post by agumonkey »

JohnMakin wrote: post #223
1oooqooq wrote: post #222

Earlier quoted context omitted.

society create the überman myth to keep the working class down, thinking they will never be the top of their game. the ones doing the hiring know that those putting in 18hrs a day are the unicorns, i.e. the best they can hope to find.

I’m close to one of these types and I get taken advantage of a lot and desperately wish I could turn it off. It presents in weird ways that are hard to navigate politically - often I will end up on a team and be outputting a large majority of the work, people/egos get hurt or threatened, still inevitably make the same anyway. It's never really led to any kind of career or financial success I'd have thought it would h…

This is something I've witnessed first hand for years, and heard for others too. I tried to be smarter politically but it's eating my brain. Wasted brain power for petty anthropological issues. I bet the solution is to be surrounded by quality people but it seems rare. Also negative people will do wonder to paint anything you do as a problem until they're able to do the same.

Re: TypeScript types can run DOOM [video]

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Post by Aeolun »

flanbiscuit wrote: post #204

"But I'm not one of those fancy 10x developers. Instead of a master of craftsmanship, I'm more a master of close-enough-manship" I definitely relate to this comment. and he also says "It was a brutal year long journey of 18 hour days" I think people are looking for those unicorn 10x devs that are like Good Will Hunting for code, but forget that there are those devs that might not get things right away but never stop…

I love that there was a moment when I realized that all these things where I could’t understand how someone could possibly figure out a trick to create them didn’t use any trick at all. It was instead just mountains of hard work.

I would spend weeks looking for the magic that would allow me to do it in hours when others would just spend the days or weeks required to actually do it.

I’m much better at making things now, and have people asking me how I manage to do that.

Re: TypeScript types can run DOOM [video]

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Post by kcrwfrd_ »

flanbiscuit wrote: post #204

"But I'm not one of those fancy 10x developers. Instead of a master of craftsmanship, I'm more a master of close-enough-manship" I definitely relate to this comment. and he also says "It was a brutal year long journey of 18 hour days" I think people are looking for those unicorn 10x devs that are like Good Will Hunting for code, but forget that there are those devs that might not get things right away but never stop…

Surely it’s a balance but I feel like relentless drive and focus might even be a little more important than raw intellectual ability.

Re: TypeScript types can run DOOM [video]

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Post by sponnath »

karparov wrote: post #144
kibwen wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He's also one of the principal organizers of SquiggleConf, a conference focused on devtools that takes place in Boston: https://2024.squiggleconf.com/about What I'm saying is, if he still happens to be looking for a job, any employer reading this should be falling over themselves to recruit this man.

There is more to hiring than technical competence. I'm not seeing any red flags in his videos, but just saying, ability to work in a team is not obvious from such posts.

I think what's more important is a company's / team's ability to onboard new hires to their way of working (so what you should be testing is humility and open-mindedness). Ability to work in a team is such a vague measurement when different teams have different ways of working with each other.

Re: TypeScript types can run DOOM [video]

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Post by LoganDark »

sn9 wrote: post #246
sangeeth96 wrote: post #6

Blew my mind! Dimitri talks about it in the video but I love the mention of how this project came to be[0]: > This engine was built to service a project that aimed to demonstrate why Doom can't run in TypeScript types. Well. The funny thing is.. It can. [0]: https://github.com/MichiganTypeScript/typescript-types-only-...

What was the argument for why it couldn't?

He tried and tried and tried to find one and accidentally proved instead that it could.

Re: TypeScript types can run DOOM [video]

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Post by [deleted] »

flanbiscuit wrote: post #204

"But I'm not one of those fancy 10x developers. Instead of a master of craftsmanship, I'm more a master of close-enough-manship" I definitely relate to this comment. and he also says "It was a brutal year long journey of 18 hour days" I think people are looking for those unicorn 10x devs that are like Good Will Hunting for code, but forget that there are those devs that might not get things right away but never stop…

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Re: TypeScript types can run DOOM [video]

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Post by n2d4 »

mbb70 wrote: post #250
sn9 wrote: post #246

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What was the argument for why it couldn't?

Because we lack an infinite tape and infinite time, not everything that is Turing complete can run DOOM

Or more specifically, everything that is Turing complete can run DOOM, but most languages are only Turing complete under certain assumptions which are not met in practice

Re: TypeScript types can run DOOM [video]

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Post by therealdrag0 »

JohnMakin wrote: post #223
1oooqooq wrote: post #222

Earlier quoted context omitted.

society create the überman myth to keep the working class down, thinking they will never be the top of their game. the ones doing the hiring know that those putting in 18hrs a day are the unicorns, i.e. the best they can hope to find.

I’m close to one of these types and I get taken advantage of a lot and desperately wish I could turn it off. It presents in weird ways that are hard to navigate politically - often I will end up on a team and be outputting a large majority of the work, people/egos get hurt or threatened, still inevitably make the same anyway. It's never really led to any kind of career or financial success I'd have thought it would h…

It can depend on your manager and the growth state of company. I don’t think I get take advantage of, but I’m very productive and have been rewarded for it.
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